Around 51 lakh households to get zero electrical energy invoice: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann

By PTI

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday stated round 51 lakh households within the state will obtain zero electrical energy payments and asserted that the promise of 300 models of free energy has been carried out from July 1.

“I am going to share good news with Punjabis regarding electricity guarantee.. the promise of free electricity has come into effect from July 1..  the (electricity) bill for July-August will come in the first week of September.. The good news is that around 51 lakh households will get zero electricity bills – what we say, we do it,” Mann stated in a tweet in Punjabi.

बिजली गारंटी से संबंधित एक अच्छी खबर पंजाबियों के साथ साझा कर रहा हूं … 1 जुलाई से मुफ्त बिजली का वादा लागू हो गया है..जुलाई-अगस्त का बिल सितंबर के पहले हफ्ते में आएगा… खुशखबरी है कि लगभग 51 लाख घरों का बिजली का बिल ज़ीरो आएगा…
हम जो कहते हैं, वह करते हैं।

— Bhagwant Mann (@BhagwantMann) July 16, 2022

The AAP-led authorities had earlier introduced that it’s going to present 300 models of free electrical energy to each family from July 1. Giving 300 models of free electrical energy was one of many main ballot guarantees of the Aam Aadmi Party in the course of the Punjab meeting elections.

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Party’s nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal had promised free electrical energy of as much as 300 models per family within the state in June final yr. Kejriwal had additionally promised waiver of pending electrical energy payments and round the clock energy provide within the state.

In April, Mann had stated if electrical energy consumption exceeds 600 models in two months, then a shopper should pay for the complete energy utilization. But scheduled castes, backward castes, below-poverty-line households and freedom fighters will likely be charged only for over and above 600 models, the chief minister had then clarified.

Punjab has a two-month billing cycle for energy provide.

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When Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema offered the state funds on June 27, he had stated that offering 300 models of free energy will put a further burden of Rs 1,800 crore on the state exchequer.

In the state funds, a complete energy subsidy invoice has been proposed at Rs 15,845 crore as in opposition to Rs 13,443 crore in 2021-22.

Punjab gives subsided energy to varied classes and out of which, the subsidy invoice on account of free electrical energy to the farming sector alone is round Rs 7,000 crore.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday stated round 51 lakh households within the state will obtain zero electrical energy payments and asserted that the promise of 300 models of free energy has been carried out from July 1.

“I am going to share good news with Punjabis regarding electricity guarantee.. the promise of free electricity has come into effect from July 1..  the (electricity) bill for July-August will come in the first week of September.. The good news is that around 51 lakh households will get zero electricity bills – what we say, we do it,” Mann stated in a tweet in Punjabi.

बिजली गारंटी से संबंधित एक अच्छी खबर पंजाबियों के साथ साझा कर रहा हूं … 1 जुलाई से मुफ्त बिजली का वादा लागू हो गया है..जुलाई-अगस्त का बिल सितंबर के पहले हफ्ते में आएगा… खुशखबरी है कि लगभग 51 लाख घरों का बिजली का बिल ज़ीरो आएगा…
हम जो कहते हैं, वह करते हैं।
— Bhagwant Mann (@BhagwantMann) July 16, 2022
The AAP-led authorities had earlier introduced that it’s going to present 300 models of free electrical energy to each family from July 1. Giving 300 models of free electrical energy was one of many main ballot guarantees of the Aam Aadmi Party in the course of the Punjab meeting elections.

ALSO READ | ‘Revadi tradition’: PM Modi warns in opposition to garnering votes via freebies

Party’s nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal had promised free electrical energy of as much as 300 models per family within the state in June final yr. Kejriwal had additionally promised waiver of pending electrical energy payments and round the clock energy provide within the state.

In April, Mann had stated if electrical energy consumption exceeds 600 models in two months, then a shopper should pay for the complete energy utilization. But scheduled castes, backward castes, below-poverty-line households and freedom fighters will likely be charged only for over and above 600 models, the chief minister had then clarified.

Punjab has a two-month billing cycle for energy provide.

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When Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema offered the state funds on June 27, he had stated that offering 300 models of free energy will put a further burden of Rs 1,800 crore on the state exchequer.

In the state funds, a complete energy subsidy invoice has been proposed at Rs 15,845 crore as in opposition to Rs 13,443 crore in 2021-22.

Punjab gives subsided energy to varied classes and out of which, the subsidy invoice on account of free electrical energy to the farming sector alone is round Rs 7,000 crore.